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Seder (disambiguation)

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Seder (Template:Lang-he-n; plural: סדרימ sedarim) is a Hebrew word meaning "order" or "sequence", and can have any of the following meanings:

For Jewish holidays

  • Passover Seder, a ritualized dinner observed during Passover
  • A seder for the minor Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, modeled on the Passover Seder

In the Hebrew Bible

  • A portion of a biblical book in the masoretic text of the Tanakh
  • A colloquial term for the weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of reading the Torah

Relating to Talmudic texts

  • One of the six orders (major sections) of the Mishnah
  • A study session in a daily yeshiva schedule, lasting one or more hours, dedicated to the preparation and review of Talmudic texts by chavrutas (learning partners)

In Jewish liturgy

  • An order of prayers that constitutes a liturgy
  • A related section of service within a given liturgy; for example: the seder of sounding the shofar

In Jewish mysticism